February 28, 2018, Updated April 22, 2020
A car equipped with Mobileye technology. Photo courtesy Mobileye
Amnon Shashua and Ziv Aviram launch Mobileye, a system to prevent accidents by warning drivers of a dangerous situation, using research Shashua developed at Hebrew University. The company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2014 following the largest IPO of an Israeli company in the US.
In March 2017, Intel acquired Mobileye for $15.3 billion, the largest exist in Israel’s high-tech industry to date. Mobileye technology is installed in cars from most major automakers and will figure prominently in autonomous vehicles.
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